Clerestory (Bryan Kam)

Mental Proliferation, with Isabela Granic

Jun 2, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
The Importance of Mental Proliferation
02:45 • 2min
3
The Importance of Obviousness
05:05 • 3min
4
The Obviousness of a PolyTerm
08:00 • 2min
5
The History of Translation
09:52 • 2min
6
What Is Historicizing?
12:00 • 4min
7
The Importance of Understanding the History of Words
15:43 • 1min
8
The Darwinian Understanding of Variation and Selection
16:55 • 5min
9
Why Do We Care About the Biological History of Something?
21:50 • 5min
10
The Evolution of Depression
26:26 • 3min
11
The Origins of Depression
29:09 • 4min
12
The Importance of Communication in the COVID Pandemic
32:55 • 3min
13
The Role of History in the Treatment of Depression
36:15 • 5min
14
How to End Suffering in the Buddhist Way
41:04 • 6min
15
The Evolution of Memes
46:56 • 2min
16
The Pros and Cons of Money
49:10 • 2min
17
The Importance of Historicizing
51:13 • 5min
18
The Etymology of the Coinage
56:26 • 2min
19
The Importance of Metaphor in the Conversation
58:06 • 4min
20
The Buddhists and the Buddha's Proliferation
01:02:33 • 2min
21
The Proliferation of Minds in the Late Bronze Age
01:04:16 • 2min
22
The Evolution of the Mind
01:06:18 • 4min
23
The Cost of Learning Visual Illusions
01:10:44 • 2min
24
The Importance of Understanding the Perceptual System
01:12:48 • 2min
25
The Evolution of Monotheism
01:14:38 • 5min
26
The Importance of Uncovering Our Own Minds
01:19:44 • 3min